Monday, January 26, 2009

INSoMNia

I have been up since 4 am on this, the third night of my insomnia.

Last time I had a run of insomnia this bad, I ended up with The Romantic 70's, a collection of 10 CDs of well loved songs from the Time Life Collection, including such unforgettable ditties as Leo Sayer's When I Need Love and David Soul's Don't Give Up on Us Baby." I think I was persuaded to make the purchase by a very gregarious Tony Orlando. And really, I don't think you can ever have too much Peaches and Herb.

This time, I am oh so tempted by The Slanket.If for no other reason than that I always bump a big toe or wake the small child who ended up in my bed when I rummage around looking for a sweater in the dark, so I figured if I just laid down in this to go to sleep in the first place I'd be all set when I arose in the wee hours of the morning plagued by obsessive and troubling thoughts.

A GOOGLE search of the causes and treatment of insomnia should have been enough to put me right back to sleep, but it didn't. I did, however, discover a little-known cause of sleeplessness...The Insomnia FairyApparently this little sprite has been flittering around my room the past three nights. (Perhaps "flitting" isn't the right word. The poor thing is always so exhausted it trudges.)According to the website:Be warned, if this Fairy comes to live with you, your pillows will get lumpy, the bedroom will be too hot or too cold, and all manner of other things to stop you sleeping will begin to happen, and no amount of Dr. Caligari's Tonic for Ordered Slumber will have any effect.

I told family that I was ordering a slew of those blankets with sleeves so we could wear them everywhere together. But really you need two because they are back flappers, like hospital gowns and your backside will be cold..you need two so you can wear one on the back and one on the front. :)

You have more fun with insomnia than I ever do. I am periodically plagued with it too, but all I ever do is toss and turn and miserably look at the clock and bemoan the fact that it is too far gone in the night to take a sleeping pill.

And, I saw the Slanket too (can't remember where) but I was tempted! My kids would make fun of me though.

A Slanket? I thought you NYC types are meant to be so stylish! I'm deeply saddened, now.

I suffer from insomnia ALL THE TIME. I tried Ambien, and it worked awesome, except, once my husband found me baking cookies at 3am. I think we all know that isn't like me a bit. I was sound asleep. Now I take Lunesta. It leaves a weird taste in my mouth, but I swish around a little wine and PRESTO! It's Thursday!

You could have called me... I was up from 1:30 to about 4, but I was not a happy camper and was very cranky. I had so many aches and chillS that I took an old leftover Vicodin. (I HEART drugs)It took the edge off and I was able to sleep.

All too familiar with the sleep disorder. I have ambien, halcyon and some over the counter junk I hate to take. Fortunately I've curbed my appetite for buying Time-Life collections. We got our 70's collection a few years ago. I used to buy coin collector stuff until I discovered the street stores had a mark down of 500%. Now I just watch T.V.Love the I.F. I would tie a noose around its neck and hang it up somewhere. Maybe in your room with a fan spinning.Postscript: Hope you get some sleep tonight.

hate to say it, but what is the opposite of insomnia? Thats what I have!! I hit the pillow, have weird dreams all night, let the sled team out some time early am, go right back to bed and sleep and get up and feel like I just laid down. And I'm talking nine hours. Thats not always a good thing, although its not as bad as being awake. My sisters say its coming my way, just wait. Want me to call you tonight and sing??

Man I have to say this (and it might sound weird) but I envy you. You only get boughts of insomnia every so often?? lol I have an ongoing never ending bought of insomnia! lol Been ongoing since the age of 15. I chalk it up to the no family thing! lol but i can actually go weeks and months without sleep! lol Maybe if I'm lucky I can get an hour or two in but then back awake for hours!

I sleep the sleep of the innocent, any time, any place. The secret is to have an activity you pull out for the occasional insomnia that is so boring your body is unwilling to risk it. It nods off, instead. In my case, I alphabetize the names of everyone I know, using initials. AA, AB, AC... etc. You'll only have to do it once. Nighty night!

I had a few nights of that a couple of years ago. Misery. I found some sleepytime tea and that did the trick for me. I cannot function without sleep and I hope you are doing better. Get the Slanket. You will totally rock that thing.

Lorrie, I can't even begin to tell you about all of the activities that I keep close at hand to keep myself from getting frustrated by my inability to sleep well. I take Ambien and several other meds for my chronic illness, and I AM exhausted, but I just cannot sleep soundly. My husband sleeps like a log(a snoring log) which makes things even worse sometimes. I listen to talk radio for much of the night. When that doesn't put me to sleep, I turn on my little book light and read until the book falls over.

I hope that you are able to break this cycle very soon. I know how absolutely frustrating not being able to sleep is.

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